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When I first started playing BF3 (during the beta), the FPS was fine. I could run it on medium with some settings set to high and it was fine.
A while after that, my computer got a virus or something, FPS dropped generally in EVERY game I played.
I reinstalled windows around 3 days ago, and used MSI Afterburner to overclock some stuff a bit (I have no idea what I'm doing there, I just followed a guide and it seems to work/have no effect).
BF3 gets very poor FPS (~15) anywhere on the map. It's very frustrating, and I have no idea what's causing it.

I now lag on every single game I play, some even when I set them to the lowest settings. For example, I played CoD4 today, my graphical setup should be able to handle a game like that on the highest details. It lagged on low.

CPU-Z gave me this:

Intel Core 2 Quad, Core Speed 2833.26 MHz, NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 - Core 50 MHz, Shaders 101 MHz, Memory 135 MHz, Memory - Size, 1023 MBytes.
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Overclocking guides would be helpful too, but I'm not sure how reliable/safe OCing is. I've had an OC'd card before, and it was fine.

ALSO, I think I should mention my computer has been humming loudly for a long time. It may or may not be relevant.


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"NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 - Core 50 MHz, Shaders 101 MHz, Memory 135 MHz"
That sounds to me like the graphics card refuses to switch into high performance mode. It's a ghey thing and hardware/software mixed issue which is yet unsolved and happens with AMD cards too at some cases.
 
are you saying I have to buy a whole new fucking video card

my dad will be so pissed, he just got me this one a year ago
 
I'd guess that you've simply used the wrong settings when overclocking your GPU, causing your driver's built-in safety mechanisms to kick in whenever you try to put too much of a strain on it. Reset your GPU's clocking parameters to their factory defaults. If that doesn't help or if it does, but the humming noise remains, open your case and clean your internals from dust. Pay special attention to the fans. Use a bottle of compressed air if you can, no worries, those are pretty cheap.
 
Compressed air normally works.

Don't worry, I have had worse. My motherboard burned out, once. But if it's a virus issue, my high suggestions are Mcafee, or Glary Utilities.

System Restore is for last resort only, and if that dosen't work, then I believe it has to be a memory issue. Advise getting atleast an 8 Megahertz card. They're only 50$, and recommended for gaming softwares.
 
Annoying Rooster said:
Mcafee
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Stay away from that one as far as humanly possible. McAfee's security suite is a terrible piece of bloatware -- it uses up a lot of valuable system resources, slowing you down so the company can sell you some additional software to "speed up your system". I don't generally advocate Microsoft products in favor of third-party alternatives, but in this case, just grab MSE, opt out of SpyNet and practice safe browsing.

That being said, I highly doubt it's a virus issue. There's been a few pieces of malware that were able to cause hardware damage (mostly by creating bad data clusters on HDs or overheating GPUs), but they're all pretty specialized, if not outright proof-of-concept pieces of software, anything but common in the wild and easy to protect against.
 
!Wookie! said:
Move on, Bf3 is a really bad game.
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Silver Dot said:
I now lag on every single game I play, some even when I set them to the lowest settings. For example, I played CoD4 today, my graphical setup should be able to handle a game like that on the highest details. It lagged on low.
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You have to buy a new rig because yours is garbage.

That's all there is to it. GTS 450? What were you thinking? I can only imagine what other shit you have in there.

If you don't want to have to constantly replace crap, don't buy crap to begin with.
 
I use a HD 5570 enemy, so fuck u
(technically the same performance as 8600GTS)
 
Piece of crap card. How are you going to partake in an S2K if you can't even buy a fucking computer the right way.
 
I dont get AMD cards, their numbers confuse me.
 
I believe the drivers for cards like that will underclock themselves when they're not on load, try load up BF3 and see what your clock speeds are, see if it shows higher clock speeds.
 
I never said I hated the card. I have an AMD CPU.
 
First off, Avast. It's my personal favorite, had it for years, never failed me.

Secondly, I am not particularly well versed with OCing, but we seem to be sharing the same fate with our PC's since our specs are almost identical. I always assumed it was just age wearing and tearing at it, and I'd like to fall in line with FooFighter's take. Clean fans with a can of compressed air (costs like $6 at radioshack), close case back up, open bf3, profit. If not, and the humming you're picking up on continues, I'd like to imagine its a Hard Drive issue. Physically, anyways. I also say this assuming you defrag it regularly.
 
spezzy said:
I believe the drivers for cards like that will underclock themselves when they're not on load, try load up BF3 and see what your clock speeds are, see if it shows higher clock speeds.
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